diff --git a/src/generators/default-content/index.js b/src/generators/default-content/index.js
index 944ccc6..126fbf3 100644
--- a/src/generators/default-content/index.js
+++ b/src/generators/default-content/index.js
@@ -46,5 +46,10 @@ export function run(templateData) {
 	);
 	replaceText(`${getDestinationPath(templateData.hyphenatedName)}/LICENSE`, { year: new Date().getFullYear().toString() });
 
+	copyFile(
+		`${__dirname}/templates/configured/_gitignore`,
+		`${getDestinationPath(templateData.hyphenatedName)}/.gitignore`
+	);
+
 	copyFilesInDir(`${__dirname}/templates/static`, getDestinationPath(templateData.hyphenatedName));
 }
diff --git a/src/generators/default-content/templates/static/.gitignore b/src/generators/default-content/templates/configured/_gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from src/generators/default-content/templates/static/.gitignore
rename to src/generators/default-content/templates/configured/_gitignore
diff --git a/src/generators/test-visual-diff/index.js b/src/generators/test-visual-diff/index.js
index ba08914..cd379c8 100644
--- a/src/generators/test-visual-diff/index.js
+++ b/src/generators/test-visual-diff/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export function run(templateData) {
 		`${getDestinationPath(templateData.hyphenatedName)}/README.md`
 	);
 	mergeText(
-		`${__dirname}/templates/.gitignore`,
+		`${__dirname}/templates/_gitignore`,
 		`${getDestinationPath(templateData.hyphenatedName)}/.gitignore`
 	);
 
diff --git a/src/generators/test-visual-diff/templates/.gitignore b/src/generators/test-visual-diff/templates/_gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from src/generators/test-visual-diff/templates/.gitignore
rename to src/generators/test-visual-diff/templates/_gitignore